Very nice! I have been looking far and wide especually for a nice style/ high grade Magnentius, but they are not easy to nab at reasonable prices....
Which coin are you looking for? If it's just sorta scarce, hold out for a better one. If we're talking about Caligula, Didius Julianus, or Gordian...
Those are some seriously cool medieval coins! I have seen that "Augustalis" before, but had forgotten what it was called. Good stuff! I also like...
This is arguably the last direct descendant of classical Greek numismatics: Central Asia, Khwarezm King Sawashfan, fl. 750s AR Tetradrachm /...
Awesome examples, all! That Constantine VIII in particular is amazing - I wonder how they managed to engrave that one, centuries after Byzantine...
One interesting thing I have noticed is that anthropological "catastrophes" often seem to have affected most if not all of Eurasia at roughly the...
I like to fancy myself fairly decent at attributing ancients, but this one so far has eluded me! I have never seen anything like it, anywhere, and...
A favorite from my bottom feeding days on ebay; this one came in a lot of medium grade bronzes. I don't think I could ever part with it due to the...
I'm hoping not. I recently paid for a decent sized lot of both upgrades and hole fillers for my Roman ruler collection, and after a blazing fast...
Very nice specimens! No hard feelings about being out-bid; I was going for about 50-75% of the market price with an eye to keep one and sell the...
Very nice pick ups all! I had a few middling bids in this auction, but only ended up winning one medium sized lot of Romans, but at a very...
Nice coins @Severus Alexander and @Ed Snible ! I'd be really curious to know what sort of context these things are found in; e.g. mixed with...
I'll add also that Tesorillo is one of the best and most indispensable resources for an ancient coin newbie:...
Very cool assignment and really super coins to learn from! It might be a bit of a tall order to ask a newcomer to distinguish between the members...
As much as I love Roman and Greek coins, I cannot resist the mystique that surrounds most non-classical coins. I finally sprung for a little set...
Love that funeral pyre - I've never spotted one of those for sale! Here's an odd one... a DIVO CLAVDIO muled with a Quintillus PAX AVGVSTI...
Alexander borrowed heavily from existing coins to come up with his now-iconic design. Here's a pre-Alexander anonymous obol of Cilicia, featuring...
Just realized this one is another unique find, as I was - edited - Cilicia, uncertain AR Obol Head of young male right Eagle on lion left...
The mint at Rome was managed by one Felicissimus during the reigns of Claudius II, Quintillus, and Aurelian. He was deeply corrupt, letting the...
Punchmarked coins are a special stand-stand-out among ancient coins because of their unclear origins, relatively short span of existence (first...
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